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Elgin-O’Hare work accelerating at last — with tolls

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The signs they are a-changing, as momentum to extend the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway east and build a ring road builds, with work to begin by the end of this year.

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A lot of changes are coming for the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway after the U.S. Department of Transportation Wednesday signed off on a final agreement that allows the Illinois tollway to extend the highway east to the airport and build a ring road connecting to the Tri-State and Jane Addams tollways. "This has been a long time coming," tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said Thursday.